Global Warming & Data Manipulation

There is no doubt that the average global temperature has increased over the last 150 years or so. The earth’s climate has always been changing over the last two millennia. However, climate scientists disagree on two things: 1) are the recent climate changes largely caused by man? [CO2?] and 2) are the recent climate changes something we should be concerned about and can do something about? Some climate scientists argue that the temperature measurements over the last century show a strong correlation with the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere, and a crisis is at hand. Others beg to differ.

Why the dispute? Much of the dispute depends on how the temperature measurements have been taken over the years, and which temperature (surface or satellite) measurements are used to draw conclusions. Some recent articles shed light on this.

• Cooking up Temperatures: Climate Scientists Resort to Data Manipulation, Vijay Jayaraj, May 9, 2019.
• U.S. Climate Data Compromised by Sensors’ Proximity to Heat Sources, Critics Say, Joseph Abrams, Fox News, June 22, 2015.
• Distorted data? Feds close 600 weather stations amid criticism they’re situated to report warming, Maxim Lott, Fox News, October 21, 2015.
• The validity of Global Average Surface Temperature (GAST) data, Wallace, D’Aleo, Idso, June 27, 2017.
• No global warming at all for 18 years 9 months – a new record …, Marc Morano, Climate Depot, November 4, 2015.
• Satellite Data Says 2014 Actually Wasn’t the Warmest on Record, Michael Bastasch, January 12, 2015.
• 2014: Among the 3 percent Coldest Years in 10,000 Years? Dr. Tim Ball (Climate Scientist), January 21, 2015.

There you have it. Draw your own conclusions. I have concluded that we do not have a climate change crisis. Hot off the press, Australian voters apparently agree – Australia votes 2019: Shock! Climate ‘action’ bombs. Pollsters Crash: Skeptics Win, Climate Depot, May 18, 2019. Folks are catching on – the climate change crisis is manufactured by agenda-driven politicians.